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Firewall vendors scramble to fix DNS problem
1Nearly a month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, vendors of some of the most widely used firewall software are scrambling to fix a problem that can essentially undo part of the patches that address this bug. The DNS flaw affects server software made by many vendors, including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and the Internet Systems Consortium. [ ...
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Clearing potential Olympics network hurdle
Deluge of online content streamed during the Games may affect corporate networks, but firms should not practise "draconian filtering practices", says Fortinet.
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JPR Reports Q2 2008 Graphics Card Market
According to Jon Peddie Research, the overall GPU market dropped 0.5% from Q1 2008. While a drop may sound like a bad thing JPR says that Q2 is generally down for the computer industry with summer vacations and back to school. The 0.5% drop from Q1 2008...
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Monday, August 4th
For those of you spending your workdays posting videos of the cat to YouTube or trading messages with friends on Facebook, you’d better start cultivating another pastime.
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CriminalSearches.com - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. In Sunday’s paper , I write about CriminalSearches.com , the first free, ad-supported database of criminal archives in all 50 states and 3,500 counties in the United States.
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New LiMo Cellphones Protect and Surf
The LiMo Foundation, a consortium of wireless-related companies seeking to create an open operating system for cellphones and other wireless devices, has introduced seven new handsets based upon the Linux operating system, bringing the total to 21. One, the Motozine ZN5 from Motorola, which has a five-megapixel camera, can be bought in the United States.
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Englewood City Worker Accused Of Child Enticement
A database administrator for the City of Englewood has been fired and faces felony charges for allegedly going online and setting up a sexual liaison with an underage girl in the middle of his work day.
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News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel
Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...
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Even on the Internet, politics is local
With a background in journalism, it's little surprise that the new website created by Ron Tunning reads a lot like a newspaper, except one with a certain political perspective, and one, that like a newspaper, gets a complete facelift every day.
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Jerry Yang still under pressure at Yahoo!
Yahoo! co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang's position remains under pressure, despite being re-elected to the Yahoo! board last Friday.
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Parents urged to spy on their kids' surfing
With the summer holidays in full swing and millions of children across the UK spending time on social networking sites, parents are being urged to monitor what their children are doing online.
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iLinc to Present at the Noble Financial Conference
PHOENIX----iLinc , a leader in Web conferencing, desktop video conferencing software and collaboration solutions, will present at the Fourth Annual Noble Financial Equity Conference at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 19, 2008 at the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada.
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Yahoo board receives shareholder backing
Investors gave solid votes in favour of all nine current directors at the annual shareholders meeting, including embattled CEO Jerry Yang
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'Grand Theft Auto' Link To Murder
Copies of Grand Theft Auto are being removed from shelves in Thailand after a teenager inspired by the violent computer game killed a taxi driver.
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Parents urged to spy on their kids' surfing
Clement James, vnunet.com , Monday 4 August 2008 at 12:13:00 Big Brother is watching you With the summer holidays in full swing and millions of children across the UK spending time on social networking sites, parents are being urged to monitor what their children are...
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Youth fair kicks off 61st year in Berkeley Co.
MARTINSBURG, W.VA. - The grass parking lots have been mowed. The nacho stand is ready and the animals are in their stalls. It's time for the 61st annual Berkeley County Youth Fair. The fair spotlights youths who compete in projects as varied as livestock showing to cooking, computers to photography and small engine repair to natural resources, according to organizers.
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How to compress email attachments using 7-Zip
Don't clog up email inboxes unnecessarily Ever since the computer age began, boffins have worked to reduce the amount of space required by digital data through compression. Take music, for instance. A typical album in CD format uses about 600MB of storage. Converted to MP3s, however, the files are compressed to just 60MB.
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Yang re-elected as Yahoo's chief executive
No fireworks at annual board meeting Jerry Yang has been re-elected as Yahoo's chief executive are received the backing of 85 percent of investors at the company's annual meeting last week.
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Yahoo Board Wins Vote
The Yahoo board has been re-elected at the annual meeting in California, a strong sign of support for Jerry Yang and his crew.
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EU calls for public comments on future climate strategy
Brussels - The European Union on Monday called for public comments on what strategy it should take in international negotiations aimed at fighting climate change. In a series of 14 questions published online, the EU's executive, the European Commissi...
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More Disappointment for Musk, as Launch of Private Rocket Fails
A privately funded rocket was lost on its way to space Saturday night, bringing a third failure in a row to an Internet multimillionaire’s effort to create a market for low-cost space-delivery.
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Hardware Roundup: Monday Edition
Today's roundup includes a lot reviews to kick of the week so let's dive right in. In what looks to be a motherboard bonanza, we get several of looks at P45 motherboards from Gigabyte and Asrock. There's been quite a bit of speculation about Intel's forthcoming Larabee architecture and what it will include. While we're still short on detailed specifics, Intel is opening up a bit and today we ...
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First analogue computer used to date Olympics
A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, which is thought to be the first analogue computer, has shown that apart from predicting solar movements it was also used to plan for the Olympics.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Dec 2005 22:28 UTC
"Linux works. This is a very matter-of-fact statement, but it is one many people (myself included) make every day when they boot up their computers.
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